In the summer of 1862 eighteen men from Leland, Illinois answered President Lincoln's call for 300,000 more troops to put down the rebellion...

             Two of these young men would die of disease...

        Two were captured by the enemy and died in Rebel prisons...

 Six were wounded in battle...

         Three were killed in battle...

                   Four filed for pensions of disability after the war... 

       One remained missing after the battle of Gettysburg...